Upper Peninsula of Michigan’s Local Campaign Give906
Grow & Lead invites residents of the U.P. and those who hold the region close to their hearts to support a local organization within the 906 area code during this season of generosity. ‘Nonprofit organizations have shown remarkable resilience and adaptability in recent years, displaying both innovation and tenacity,’ says Grow & Lead CEO Amy Quinn. ‘The Give906 Giving Guide highlights the creativity and dedication of U.P. organizations as they work to meet community needs and make a meaningful impact on lives across the region.’
The guide is coordinated by Grow & Lead: Community and Youth Development as part of the GivingTuesday global generosity movement which inspires people to give back on GivingTuesday, December 3, and throughout the year.
Register Your Organization for the 2024 Giving Guide
When you register your organization’s GivingTuesday campaign to be included in the 2024 Giving Guide, you have the opportunity to showcase your organizations efforts addressing the critical needs of the Upper Peninsula and offer ways your community can support your organization on GivingTuesday and throughout the year.
The Giving Guide is intended to be a one-stop resource, including each participating organization’s name, a description of its GivingTuesday initiative, and a link for donations and information on how to get involved.
Give906 Toolkit
Seeking creative ways to ignite generosity? This section is filled with ideas and examples to help you brainstorm unique strategies for your GivingTuesday/Give906 campaign. Whether you’re a nonprofit, business or individual, explore fresh approaches to inspire excitement and gather support for your cause.
Alger-Marquette Community Action
Marquette County Home Delivered Meal Program
The demand for Home Delivered Meals is greater than ever, and we need your support to keep up.
A $55 sponsorship provides a week of nutritious meals to a senior who is homebound and unable to prepare meals themselves. Your support ensures they receive consistent access to healthy food and a friendly visit, promoting their well-being and independence.
Community Action Alger Marquette delivered over 55,120 meals to homebound seniors in Marquette County last year, and with your help, we can reach even more in need. Join us in making a difference this GivingTuesday—sponsor a senior’s meals and spread the power of giving!
Alger County Communities That Care
Youth Prevention Services
We deliver youth prevention services in Alger County through evidence-based programs and prosocial events.
Alger County Communities That Care collaborates with various partner programs to offer training and services that address risk factors within the community, families, schools, and individuals.
Be sure to follow us on social media! This GivingTuesday, we’ll be going live to share more about our mission and how you can make an impact.
To Donate: Please make check out to Alger County Communities That Care, 413 Maple St, Suite #7, Munising, MI 49862.
Iron County MI 4-H
Positive Youth Development Opportunities
Offering a diverse range of topics and interest areas, 4-H is the largest youth development organization in Michigan. In fact, each year more than 100,000 young people, ages 5-19, explore what interests and excites them as they grow with Michigan 4-H.
In program areas ranging from science and technology to clothing and textiles, and so much more, 4-H provides fun, educational opportunities that empower young people with skills to lead for a lifetime and become the foundation for future success.
To Donate: please make check or money order out to Iron County 4-H Council and mail to Iron County 4-H at 2 South 6th Street Suite 14, Crystal Falls, MI 49920.
Houghton/Keweenaw County 4-H
4-H Program Endowment Match
The Houghton-Keweenaw County 4-H Program Endowment secures the future of positive youth development opportunities for Copper Country youth, ensuring that 4-H will thrive for generations to come.
We’re excited to participate in the Make the Match campaign, which offers a matching pool generously funded by leadership donors. This GivingTuesday, we’ll be sharing this unique matching opportunity on social media, stay tuned!
When donating, please make sure that you specify Houghton/Keweenaw County on the donation form.
Dickinson Iron Community Services Agency
Feed A Senior – Feed A Heart
We will be kicking off our campaign called Feed A Senior – Feed A Heart. It’s an opportunity for anyone to make a donation that will directly benefit homebound seniors by providing them with a hot home-delivered meal.
Donors can choose to fill out a form that we will give to the senior along with the meal to let them know they are remembered and appreciated. The minimum donation is $10 but there is no max. Each $10 received covers 1 meal, including delivery costs, etc.
All donations can be made online.
Women's Center
Year End Ask + Donation Match
The Women’s Center has two generous Donor matches. An Anonymous Donor up to $15,000 and Cross General Construction up to $1,000.
Our goal for Giving Tuesday, Dec 3rd is $32,000. We CAN do this with your help. This will contribute to our overall Year End Ask Campaign which is our biggest fundraising campaign.
This past Fiscal Year 2024 we had 70 Survivors in shelter for an average stay of 60 days, 45 adults & 25 children, 4,227 shelter nights were provided, 228 Domestic Violence Survivors, 106 Sexual Assault Survivors and 5,067 Support Line Calls. The need is there. Thank you for your support now and always.
Please consider donating for Giving Tuesday, December 3rd. Donate here or stop into our office at 1310 S Front Street. Thank YOU.
Partridge Creek Farm
Community Gardens
Partridge Creek Farm (PCF) is looking to our community to help us raise $5,000 this GivingTuesday to purchase our Community Garden site. PCF staff will be at both Velodrome Coffee Cafes (in Marquette and Ishpeming) on the morning of Tuesday, December 3 collecting donations in person.
Follow along on social media and subscribe to our e-newsletter to get weekly updates and learn more about our Community Gardens, our garden members, and why this opportunity is important to the Ishpeming community.
Northern Great Lakes Synod
The Synod Ministry Fund
We seek to encourage new and creative efforts to share the love of God through tangible and impactful ministry efforts. On GivingTuesday 2024, we will be launching a social media campaign to raise $10,000 for our Northern Great Lakes (ELCA) Synod Ministry Fund (SMF).
From monies raised in 2023, this fund has equipped leaders of U.P. Wild Church, supported the Dinner Church of Trinity, Rhinelander, helped meet the expense of a kitchen upgrade for the Feed My Sheep meals of Lutheran Campus Ministry at Michigan Tech through Good Shepherd Lutheran, Houghton, provided the needed finances for the Good Friday Cantata by the ELCA churches of Ishpeming, MI and paid for the registration cost of adult leaders who volunteer with youth to receive training and support.
The GivingTuesday SMF campaign will extend through December 31, 2024 as funds raised in 2024 will be disbursed in 2025. During GivingTuesday, matching funds have been offered to encourage generosity throughout the day.
Watch our Facebook Page @Northern Great Lakes Synod. Whether you give $5 or $500, your gift will assist in continuing to build local ministry efforts and sharing the love of Christ in and through our congregations and communities in the U.P. and Northern Wisconsin.
The Free Store
Year End Ask Donation Match
The Free Store supports families in Marquette County who are experiencing financial hardships. Every December we offer parents of children ages 3 to 18 years the opportunity to select Christmas Stockings or gift bags. We also offer filled Adult Gift Mugs.
We welcome donations of the following:
- Small gift items to fit in children’s stockings such as coloring books, small toys, pencils, crayons.
- Gift items to fit in 5″x7″ gift bags for teens such as lip balm, word search or activity books, colored pencils or pens, Christmas socks, lotion, ear buds.
- Individually wrapped Christmas candy.
- Boxes of packets of hot cocoa.
- Boxes of envelopes of flavored teas.
- Financial donations to support our purchase of these Christmas items are also welcome.
Donations may be dropped off at the Free Store any Tuesday from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM .
Marquette County Habitat for Humanity
Give Hope. Change Lives.
Marquette County Habitat for Humanity helps members of our community in need of decent shelter—whether it’s partnering with families to build decent, affordable homes; helping with critical home repairs, or providing temporary or permanent ramps to those with accessibility issues.
Your financial support and your time will help bring strength, stability, and independence to families in our community in need of a decent place to live. Every donation helps a family help themselves.
Every helping hand makes a difference. Every contribution gives families the opportunity to create a better future. This GivingTuesday give hope. Change lives.
We all deserve a decent place to call home. We all deserve to feel strength and stability day after day. We all deserve to know that we have the power to take care of ourselves and our families; and we all deserve the opportunity to build our own, better futures.
GivingTuesday 2023
